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pwb

(11,261 posts)
Mon May 14, 2018, 05:48 PM May 2018

Are high gas prices and starting a war making us great again?

I'm not feeling it that way. Higher gas prices under trump have eaten up any tax cut I might get? Or is this all President Obamas fault.? Gas is up almost 33% under this fake president of all the people.

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Are high gas prices and starting a war making us great again? (Original Post) pwb May 2018 OP
I noticed they were up a few cents from before the weekend. House of Roberts May 2018 #1
I could fill up my car for 13 bucks for workinclasszero May 2018 #2
Any greatness we had wasn't due to cheap gas. n/t Ron Green May 2018 #3
Every five or ten dollars less a week to spend makes a big difference. pwb May 2018 #5
Yep, I know. It hurts poor people the most. Except for those too poor to drive a car. Ron Green May 2018 #6
So To you high gas prices are good? pwb May 2018 #7
Cheap gas is what brought us the world we have; Ron Green May 2018 #8
Don't hold your breath, Wellstone ruled May 2018 #4

House of Roberts

(5,168 posts)
1. I noticed they were up a few cents from before the weekend.
Mon May 14, 2018, 06:00 PM
May 2018

Discount gas is over $2.60 for regular today.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
2. I could fill up my car for 13 bucks for
Mon May 14, 2018, 06:19 PM
May 2018

a long time.

Today it cost me 21 damn dollars and my wife’s vehicle 57 dollars ffs!

How’s that joke Trump tax cut working for you America??

pwb

(11,261 posts)
5. Every five or ten dollars less a week to spend makes a big difference.
Mon May 14, 2018, 07:10 PM
May 2018

To a lot of people I know. It hurts. Less to spend on different parts of the economy like movies and restaurants , taking the kids out.

Ron Green

(9,822 posts)
6. Yep, I know. It hurts poor people the most. Except for those too poor to drive a car.
Mon May 14, 2018, 07:26 PM
May 2018

The fact is that defending cheap gas is a bad thing to do. Look at the big picture.

Ron Green

(9,822 posts)
8. Cheap gas is what brought us the world we have;
Mon May 14, 2018, 09:35 PM
May 2018

some good and some bad, but not sustainable. If we don’t establish a price on carbon, our children cannot survive. It may be too late anyway, but we ought to do the right thing. And the right thing is NOT to keep gasoline cheap.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. Don't hold your breath,
Mon May 14, 2018, 06:37 PM
May 2018

despite Trump's Propaganda Machine and cooking the books,we are seeing the Economy slipping into recession.

Farmers lost their Soybean markets to Brazil and they aren't coming back for some time. And that is requiring Banks to demand more Collateral for Farmers operating loans and at a higher rate.

Retail Sales are slowing down and one major is in liquidation,60k jobs total gone. Fuel prices have not required the return of fuel adjustment charges on Freight Shipments as of last week.

Morgan Stanley Stock Brokers are saying,we can not expect easy returns on Investments any more. All those Corporate and Hi End Individuals Tax Breaks have worked there way through the system and from now on,it is any ones guess as to Wall Streets earnings.

But ,that's okay,Food Stamps will be gone by summertime,and you won't be eligible for governmental programs useless you work for them. That ought to be a real interesting item,got to get Granny out of the Home and put her to work. Older White folks use most of the Governmental Food and Nutrient programs.

Looks more and More like 1929 every day.

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